Panda3D runtime distributable

treeform · April 3, 2009, 9:09pm

whant to update this thread with what David said

I forgot to respond to this question:
Quote:
wasn’t there some thing about using MF files to store python files and importing them?

Yes. You can do this:
Code:
from direct.showbase import VFSImporter
VFSImporter.register()

This enables you to import Python files using Panda’s VFS, which means that all you need to do is mount a MF file and add the mount point to sys.path, and you’re off and running.

Note that this mechanism is also used by direct/showbase/RunAppMF.py, an experimental tool which can run an entire application (including bam files and python files) bundled into an mf file. This works in conjunction with MakeAppMF.py, which constructs an appropriate mf file from a directory hierarchy. These two tools are just a proof-of-concept right now, but the ultimate idea is to have a “panda player” which consists of something like RunAppMF.py bundled into an executable, so that people only have to distribute their apps as mf files. I also hope to be able to distribute this panda player as a browser plugin, so this is how we will support running Panda apps in a browser window.

David